Those of you in the Cowtown/E-Town axis may have gotten a slice of the mini-media blitz last week when "Falcon Beach" aired, w/ one of my tunes in the episode. I just kinda thought it was amusing to have my music included in what is essentially a teen soap opera, but there were some who were quite impressed. Maybe not by the show (which at the time of the sory in the paper, had not aired yet), but by the fact that I was in it. The best response after it aired, however, was, by far, from my pal Don Best. Here, for your enjoyment, is what he wrote (I asked his permission)after seeing the show:

I like to think of myself a good friend. I don't always do everything
I should but I try. If someone is moving, they just have to call me
and I will come help. If a friend needs to talk about something I can
listen with the best of them, I will even try to offer some
suggestions if I think it will help. I never seem to have much money
but sharing it with friends always seems right. I like to think I do
all these things and not really ask for anything in return.

Well this time I have to ask for something. A friend of mine, I
think you know him, had a song of his played on a tv show last week.
So, I watched this particular program, the whole thing actually as I
didn't want to miss my friend's contribution to this groundbreaking
piece of television history. It is an hour I will never forget as it
is one I can never get back. I couldn't figure out if the show was a
parody of bad tv or just bad tv. I think it was written by some kids
in high school and not the smart ones. It always amazes me that
people get paid for writing and producing stuff that is that bad. And
then what really pissed me off is the network (can you call Global a
network, it seems like too strong of a word?), did the thing where
the start the promo for some other show right away on a split-screen
so you couldn't even see the credits. So much for my friend getting
some exposure out of the whole deal.

Anyway, if you see my friend tell him that I think he owes me a beer
the next time he sees me.

p.s. do you think my friend has a song on this week's episode? If he
did I should really watch again because I think that Tanya is still
using and Jason is just too naive to figure it out. I don't want to
see him get hurt, he seems so nice.


don

To be fair to the folks @ Global, they gave me a coupla nice plugs on the Falcon Beach website, under "The Music" and the episode synopsis under "About the Series", so props to them.

I wonder if Zit Remedy is still together...
- posted @ 4:08 PM

Well. As we forge into '06, holler-daze behind us, things get stupid busy, and quick. The Rheostatics have commenced their residency at the High Performance Rodeo, with Friday the 13th of January being their Guest Vocalist Night. A pile of locals will do vocals w/ the Rheos backing 'em up. Here's the line-up:

Anita Athavale, Allen Baekeland, Ayla Brook, Kenna Burima, Jay Crocker, Kris Demeanor, Mike Evans, Mark Hamilton, Kara Keith, Lorrie Matheson, Garrett McClure, Lee Shedden, Dolly Sillitto, Clinton St. John, Tariq, Chris Vail and Chantal Vitalis.

We all got to pick our fave Rheo-tunes, so come down to the Big Secret Theatre and cheer/egg us on.

Tom Phillips is my guest this week @ Karma (Thursday the 12th), where this week marks the beginning of the $5 cover to defray the incredible cost of my rider. Hydroplanes don't come cheap, y'know.

This Thursday also marks the beginning of work on the next Rock Album, working title, "You've Got A Lot Of Nerve!". The Brass Tax are gonna be on this one, and if we're not careful, it may win the prestigious "Inglewood's Most Rocking Rock Album" of '06. I figger there's gotta be some kinda separation between the Tax record and the acoustic one I did w/ Jay Crocker (tent. title- "All Of This Will Be in Vein" (sic)), so the Tax album's gonna be a loud one... or maybe it's gonna be loud because of my new favorite band. Yup. 2 records in one year. I got money to burn, folks.

More shows coming up, so stay tuned. Hope to see you out this week if you're around, and if not, then not.

Out.
LM
- posted @ 11:54 PM

Happy New Year, everyone. Hope the holidays were good and peaceful, and that '06 is the same.

Once you've finished watching "Falcon Beach" tomorrow nite, come on down to Karma, where my very special guest will be Kris Demeanor, back in town for a holiday visit and a coupla shows. KD is also one of many who will be joining the Rheostatics next Friday the 13th of January at the Big Secret Theatre, where the Rheos will be holding a Western version of their ever-popular "Guest Vocalist" night. The boys are in town as part of One Yellow Rabbit's High Performance Rodeo, and they'll be doing 5 shows- one of which is the aforementioned Guest Vocalist night. Besides myself and Kris, Chantal Vitalis, Chris Vail, Dolly Sillito, Stagger Lee Shedden, Garrett McClure, Mark Hamilton, Kenna Burima, Jason Crocker, Anita Athavale, Allen Baekeland, Clinton St. John and a host of others will convene on the 13th to front the Rheostatics... live Rheo-karaoke if you will. Check out the HPR website for ticket info.

Later on...
- posted @ 5:25 PM